4/ 1 Kings 8:53 For you singled them out from all the nations of the world to be your own inheritance, just as you declared through your servant Moses when you, Sovereign Lord, brought our ancestors out of Egypt.” (written c. 500 BC)
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5/ "nation" - English (c. 1600 AD ?) from "nacion" - Middle English from "nacion" - Old French from "nationem" - Latin from "nasci" - Etruscan (?) c. 700 BC vs "Nationalism is a modern creation " -
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8/ We all need to eat. I write code to earn money.
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9/ except "nation" means "a group of people of shared ethnicity who think of themselves as one people, who are taxed, raise an army, consider themselves better than others, and attack others to to make them do their will" in both 5,000 BC and 2,000 ADhttps://twitter.com/djinnius/status/1085904745397596161 …
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Surely you see the distinction between a thing, and an -ism named after that thing? C’mon of course you do.
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“Nationalism has been a recurring facet of civilizations since ancient times, though the modern sense of national political autonomy and self-determination was formalized in the late 18th century.” Not that le Wik is Gospel, but this is basically my understanding as well.
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formalized? Sure! however, let's contrast: "Nationalism has been a recurring facet of civilizations since ancient times" (my stance) vs "Nationalism is a modern creation" (
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I dunno the guy and kinda don’t care what he thinks tbh. I took “Nationalism is a modern creation” as meaning “was formalized in the late 18th century”, rather than the patently absurd claim that there were no nations or people who wanted self-determination for theirs.
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> I dunno the guy well, if you did, you'd realize that he's prone to make - as you put it - "patently absurd claims" > [ I ] kinda don’t care what he thinks tbh well, you joined a thread that is explicitly about what he thinks /shrug
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Fair, I’ll let you two get on w it then
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